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For over 2 months now I've been experiencing a few neurological symptoms.
The first and most notable of these is full body tremors. These occur upon action and also posturally, never at rest. The place most effected is my hands and notably thumbs and index fingers. However, I've felt some degree in my legs, abs, shoulders, feet, even face and neck. Most of the time they're pretty minor but certain things like physical activity and anxiety make them more prominent.
On top of this I've also had muscle twitches. These have been periodic and don't occur everyday. They are generalized (happen all over) and not super frequent but nonetheless annoying. I've also had transient numbness and tingling. Nothing too severe and don't last long, but enough to notice certainly in my limbs seemingly randomly most of the time.
I've experienced a few other symptoms like breathlessness and fast HR but unsure if this is due to whats happening or my anxiety about it.
Anyways, I got back my bloodwork after seeing a neurologist. There are a few things I am notably confused and worried about.
First being I have an elevated aldolase level of 12.9. CK is in the high normal range at 204. I have heard this can be brought on by strenuous exercise and am praying this is the case. I lift 5-6x per week (and did probably 12-13 hours before the bloodwork) very heavy. I'm somewhat of a bodybuilder and have well above average muscle mass. I have NOT noticed any weakness so I'm hoping this indicates I am not expriencing some of kind of muscular disease. Nonetheless this is freaking me out a bit. I may take a short break from working out and have these levels retested. CK was in range as mentioned albeit high normal and so were AST and ALT (both high normal).
My second concern is low iron and ferritin. My iron is 55 on a scale of 50-212 and ferritin 19 on a scale of 24-336. I have NO clue what could cause this. I eat a lot of meat in my diet so I'd think I would have adequate iron. I'm guessing possibly an absorption issue. I also had low normal vitamin d3 of 35 and had been supplementing 5000 iu everyday up to a week before the test. Any reason for the low levels of these? My best guess is absorption issues. I have cut out all gluten of my diet to see if that resolves it. I am also supplementing iron everday. How much is safe to take. Right now I'm taking 4 pills a day at 167% DV each. Could these levels explain any of my symptoms?
My third question/concern is that my b12 is high and mma is very low with normal homocysteine. My b6 and zinc are also slightly high. The b12 is not surprising as I had briefly supplemented high doses for 3 weeks thinking I had a defiency. I stopped 2 weeks before the test, but I'm guessing they're still elevated from that. Does high b12 with low MMA and normal homocysteine rule out a b12 deficiency? I'm curious, cause b12 has seemed to make me feel slightly better but only periodically. I actually have some injections on the way I'm gonna try since I suppose it can't hurt but it seems I don't have a deficiency or functional deficiency of any sort to my knowledge.
In terms of the b6 elevation, I was taking approximately 50 mg b6 synthetic and 20 mg p5p prior to the blood testing stopping 1 week before. It was only slightly above range. It seems a little low of a dose to have out of range b6 though and I had stopped a whole week prior. Is functional deficiency ruled out for this as well? I have stopped all b6 supplementation except in a multivitamin I take half a dose of giving me 5 mg p5p.
I also had an ANA test that came back negative and one other notable think I saw was that my protein levels were barely in range at 6.4 on a scale of 6.4-8.9. I don't know the indication of this. Once again, I've had no weakness (train regularly and still lifting same weights) or muscle loss. Could the abnormalities in this and the aldolase just be from working out with heavy weights frequently? My dr seems clueless
Here are the full bloodwork results:
The first and most notable of these is full body tremors. These occur upon action and also posturally, never at rest. The place most effected is my hands and notably thumbs and index fingers. However, I've felt some degree in my legs, abs, shoulders, feet, even face and neck. Most of the time they're pretty minor but certain things like physical activity and anxiety make them more prominent.
On top of this I've also had muscle twitches. These have been periodic and don't occur everyday. They are generalized (happen all over) and not super frequent but nonetheless annoying. I've also had transient numbness and tingling. Nothing too severe and don't last long, but enough to notice certainly in my limbs seemingly randomly most of the time.
I've experienced a few other symptoms like breathlessness and fast HR but unsure if this is due to whats happening or my anxiety about it.
Anyways, I got back my bloodwork after seeing a neurologist. There are a few things I am notably confused and worried about.
First being I have an elevated aldolase level of 12.9. CK is in the high normal range at 204. I have heard this can be brought on by strenuous exercise and am praying this is the case. I lift 5-6x per week (and did probably 12-13 hours before the bloodwork) very heavy. I'm somewhat of a bodybuilder and have well above average muscle mass. I have NOT noticed any weakness so I'm hoping this indicates I am not expriencing some of kind of muscular disease. Nonetheless this is freaking me out a bit. I may take a short break from working out and have these levels retested. CK was in range as mentioned albeit high normal and so were AST and ALT (both high normal).
My second concern is low iron and ferritin. My iron is 55 on a scale of 50-212 and ferritin 19 on a scale of 24-336. I have NO clue what could cause this. I eat a lot of meat in my diet so I'd think I would have adequate iron. I'm guessing possibly an absorption issue. I also had low normal vitamin d3 of 35 and had been supplementing 5000 iu everyday up to a week before the test. Any reason for the low levels of these? My best guess is absorption issues. I have cut out all gluten of my diet to see if that resolves it. I am also supplementing iron everday. How much is safe to take. Right now I'm taking 4 pills a day at 167% DV each. Could these levels explain any of my symptoms?
My third question/concern is that my b12 is high and mma is very low with normal homocysteine. My b6 and zinc are also slightly high. The b12 is not surprising as I had briefly supplemented high doses for 3 weeks thinking I had a defiency. I stopped 2 weeks before the test, but I'm guessing they're still elevated from that. Does high b12 with low MMA and normal homocysteine rule out a b12 deficiency? I'm curious, cause b12 has seemed to make me feel slightly better but only periodically. I actually have some injections on the way I'm gonna try since I suppose it can't hurt but it seems I don't have a deficiency or functional deficiency of any sort to my knowledge.
In terms of the b6 elevation, I was taking approximately 50 mg b6 synthetic and 20 mg p5p prior to the blood testing stopping 1 week before. It was only slightly above range. It seems a little low of a dose to have out of range b6 though and I had stopped a whole week prior. Is functional deficiency ruled out for this as well? I have stopped all b6 supplementation except in a multivitamin I take half a dose of giving me 5 mg p5p.
I also had an ANA test that came back negative and one other notable think I saw was that my protein levels were barely in range at 6.4 on a scale of 6.4-8.9. I don't know the indication of this. Once again, I've had no weakness (train regularly and still lifting same weights) or muscle loss. Could the abnormalities in this and the aldolase just be from working out with heavy weights frequently? My dr seems clueless
Here are the full bloodwork results: